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A Journey Behind the Wheel of a Porsche
The dreamy landscapes inside this book will have you dying to take a road trip -
Revisiting Robert Mapplethorpe
Inside the legendary photographer's latest resurgenceDuring his life, Robert Mapplethorpe was famous for his breathtaking photographs, which ran the gamut from floral still lifes to some very controversial shots depicting sadomasochistic themes. Now 17 years after Mapplethorpe’s death, he’s perhaps better known than ever thanks to his central role in cultural artifacts like Patti Smith’s ... More -
Vintage Photos of Legendary Pool Parties
In a dazzling new book, photographer and international bon vivant Jean "Johnny" Pigozzi documents the starry scene at his Côte d’Azur swimming poolThere are any number of places for members of the international jet set to congregate along the French Riviera, but for nearly six decades one kidney-shaped swimming pool has been an unparalleled draw. Everyone from Gianni Agnelli to Elizabeth Taylor, Graham Greene, Mick Jagger and Princess Caroline ... More -
On the Shelf: What to Read This March
DuJour's picks for the best releases of the monthShelterBy Jung Yun In this anticipated debut novel from Tin House alum Jung Yun, a young father finds himself once again sharing a home with his estranged parents. This troubling, moving work from Yun explores what it means to be part of a family, even if it’s nothing close to ... More -
The Next Must-Read Novel
Award-winning writer Charles Bock's latest work will have you reaching for the tissuesIn the closing scene of Charles Bock’s 2008 debut novel Beautiful Children, we see an unkempt, tormented teenager scrabbling over desert sand dunes outside of Las Vegas in the dead of night, trying desperately to reverse an event that will sear itself onto his future identity, as he ... More -
A World-Class Garden on the California Coast
How a struggling opera singer transferred her creative vision from the stage to terra firma and built a botanical wonderlandAs an opera singer, Ganna Walska was probably best known for being a flop. During one memorable performance in Havana, the Polish-born beauty was reportedly pelted with rotting vegetables, and upon the occasion of her lead in a 1925 Puccini production in New York, the Times ... More -
Inside the Party Every Celebrity Wants an Invite to
A new book published by Assouline takes readers behind the velvet rope of Charles Finch's infamous soirées -
On the Shelf: What to Read This February
DuJour's picks for the best releases of the monthIn Other Words By Jhumpa Lahiri Pulitzer Prize winner Lahiri returns with an autobiographical tale of her move to Rome in order to immerse herself in the Italian language, the mastery of which had long eluded her. In Other Words is something of a victory ... More -
Why Classic Literature Survives
No press releases, no book trailers. No wonder we—New Yorkers especially—keep coming backAs Rebecca Mead’s recent bibliomemoir My Life in Middlemarch gained favor with the New York literati, one outcome is evident: The city’s intellectual denizens are embracing classic literature not only to transport them to a different time, but to help explain their own lives. For those in media or ... More -
The Women of ‘The Expatriates’ Don’t Care If You Love Them
Janice Y.K. Lee's much-anticipated second novel explores the haunted inner lives of three women who lose—and find—themselves“I started out with this image of a woman lying in bed who didn’t want to get up,” says Janice Y.K. Lee. “And that was all I had.” In more ways than one, this statement is indicative of the story Lee would spin from the threads of this image—the story that ... More
